The NEW YORK CHRONICLES: LISTENING To RECORDS

Monday, January 16, 2012

LISTENING To RECORDS

STICKY FINGERS

A GREAT ALBUM From The WORLD"S GREATEST

ROCK & ROLL BAND

The ROLLING STONES

LISTENING To RECORDS

Got off work last night and headed down to Guitar Teacher and Buds place for some Records, wine, and chit chat. It's a favorite pastime, and it is quite a lot of fun. You need a couple bottles of wine and a good record collection. We had both. You gotta have some good Classic Rock records, R&B, and a little bit of Blues doesn't hurt; Albert King, Stevie Ray, BB King, Muddy, you know. Rock, you gotta have The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Who, Hendrix, The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton and such. Some good R&B like Marvin Gaye, Harold Melvin, through in Willie Nellson and some Patsy Cline and you're set.
Yeah we sit around drinking wine, last night a couple different Cote du Rhone's, and a Malbec. We often drink Chianti, Bordeaux's, stuff from the Loire, a Beaujolais, Red Burgundy. We listen to the Stones "Get Off of My Cloud," Under My Thumb, Waiting on a Friend, the wine and chit chat flows. Often the talk is of the great bands and musicians we listen to. Not a bad way to pass the time. conversation may go to the sad fact that nobody makes any good music these days. They are no great artist like there was back in the 60's, 70's, even 80's. There are no great musical artist these days, "The MUSIC SUCKS!" Very sad. i can't believe it. All those great bands that I was listening to back then; The Stones, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, The Stylistics, The Doors, Led Zeppelin. There gone. The Music is gone. Nothing is made today. Nothing good anyway. The music sucks. What they call music. They don't even have musicians any more. A singer samples digital music and sings over it. Shit! What's the World coming to? Help! Please! Can't they start making Rock again. Classic Rock, like The Stones, Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper even. The good old days. Well at least we've got that. We've got our old records; The Allman Brothers Live at The Fillmore East (Awesome), Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper's Killer, Sticky Fingers, Joe Cocker and Mad Dog Englishmen, The White Album, Zeppelin, and on and on. And R&B? All the great artist who produced The Philly Sounds.
Will days like those ever come back? Let's hope so. Pray. Well we've always got our Records, LPS, 45's, and ........

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

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NEW YORK and The $3.00 PBR

New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorkers. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 3-Half years or so.

Many people are out of work, and many who are working, are taking home Half-as-Much Money or more of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up or curb many things they enjoyed previous to the current state of our economy, which is in almost a Depression Era State.

Yes, everybody says that we are not in a Depression, we're in a recession. Those are the Rich and Well-Off talking. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression.

So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things and you haven't had a vacation in the past two years, maybe more. You given up a lot. We all have.

Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with some friends, you've had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then. But if you live in the Great City of New York this can be a costly undertaking, especially in this day, and of all times, to be having a Boom in The $14, Sixteen-Dollar-Or -More-Cocktail.W hat is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let's Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR, That's right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY..... It's quite Sad, Greedy too.

Yes, Thank God and let's thank the Kind-Heart proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR'S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing you fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. "RIP-OFF" !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar, 7B, and anyplace who has a heart. Bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers.

I just have to say, it's great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Now that's pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR'S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it's not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back.

Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 Rip-Off Drink at one of those Rip-Off Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it's going to cost you? About $75 my friend.

Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can't, you've got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint. They're a God-Send.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke